And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, ...

“I was diagnosed with polio at ten months old,” Clark ... “I came out a year later wearing two full-length leg braces and crutches,” Clark said. “That’s how I grew up.” ...

And then, of course, I started to walk with crutches; a totally different ... I walked with leg braces, but I was lucky because polio did not affect my lungs or my arms. There were many children ...

"Polio is a viral infectious disease that ... She said her left leg was paralyzed and she required a leg brace and crutches to get around for a portion of her childhood. By the time she was ...

Although polio was eliminated in the United States in 1979 following ... patients are permanently confined to bed or are able to get around by using wheelchairs, walkers, arm and leg braces, crutches ...

Polio presented in a variety of cruelties. Some people felt flu-like symptoms that left them fatigued. Others had paralysis of legs and used crutches and leg braces. The worst cases of polio ...

Rotary International, which tracks polio survivors like Rita Competti, is certain the Ohioan is the oldest polio survivor in the United States.

crutches, leg braces, breathing devices, deformed limbs. — David Oshinsky, “Polio: An American Story” That includes 10 cases in Florida, where public health comes under the jurisdiction of ...

Dentler was born in Mumbai, India in 1978 and contracted polio at six months ... me out so I could then be fitted for leg braces and crutches." Dentler learned to handle a wheelchair and to ...